“Retired marimbero” and Miami New Times columnist Pepe Billete doesn’t know many specifics about the Battle of Puebla, Mexico’s victorious May 5 mêlée against France during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862. However, that isn’t stopping the frisky felt puppet from hosting tremenda fiesta to commemorate the occasion with Nadastrom, Craze,…
He didn’t think it would happen — a Grammy-winning R&B crooner dipping his toes into bachata. But when former Aventura frontman Romeo Santos asked Miami-based record producer Rico Love if he could set up a Usher collaboration for his debut solo record, a dream became a reality. “To be honest,…
Rebellion, it’s inevitable — whether as simple as hiding a cigarette habit from parents at 15 or as monumental as overthrowing a government in the Middle East. But when Bruno “Sergent” Garcia joined a revolution, the multinational musician wasn’t entirely sure why. “My view of the world is much clearer…
Between 1984 and 1989, Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, as “Sonny” and “Rico,” respectively, were the coolest motherfuckers on television, eliminating highly dramatized drug crime ’round South Beach in pimp Armani blazers over pastel t-shirts on NBC’s Miami Vice every Friday night. And just like show itself, music featured…
Ostracizing Miami Marlins supporters for voicing opinions and/or concerns has seemingly become a bigger pastime than baseball itself around South Florida. Think of Logan Morrison demoted to the minors for tweeting in 2011; then Manager Ozzie Guillen suspended for Castro remarks in 2012; lifelong fans ejected for opposing the front…
South Floridians owe beat freaks and frat boys a drink. Fueled almost entirely by Red Bull, Molly, and (presumably) a little bit of cocaine, sunburned college students from the Midwest, foreign ravers, and Ultra Music Festival organizers rallied to resurrect South Florida’s economy in March. See also: -Ten Richest DJs:…
He’s one of only a handful of men who can casually ask a woman to “suck a nigga’s dick or something” without sounding like much of a chauvinist. “Bad bitches… [give] him head like lice” on a regular basis, and he’s “been rich since the ’90s.” But Juicy J’s success…
Openly not gay Puerto Rican reggaetonero Daddy Yankee and two male friends, fellow countryman J Alvarez and “Cubatón” pioneer Osmani Garcia, recently announced their upcoming three-way at Miami’s Fuchs Pavilion at the Dade County Youth Fair and Expo grounds. And they’re encouraging others to come watch! Billed as “El Concierto…
For some people, 4/20 is a holiday. It’s an excuse to smoke as much pot as humanly possible and guiltlessly eat bags upon bags of Cool Ranch Doritos dipped in agave nectar. (Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, bro.) But this Saturday at the New World Center (500 17th…
Latin Grammy-winning songwriter and international advocate of peace Juan Fernando Fonseca, known to fans simply as Fonseca, will be bringing Colombian tropipop to the house Jackie Gleason built. Named after Ilusión, the singer’s fourth record, Fonseca’s latest tour will make the second of three Florida stops at the Fillmore Miami…
When Seth Meyers joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2001, he thought he’d landed the greatest gig in television. But after 12 seasons on NBC, he’s confident that his job (30) rocks. “I don’t know that there’s a better job [than mine],” Meyers says, speaking with New Times…
Senator Marco Rubio suggested that Jay-Z and Beyoncé have “no interest in Cuban People’s freedom.” And U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart said that the pair’s recent visit “funds the machinery of oppression.” Pero, their constituent, Miami native, and Cuban-American rapper Pitbull thinks that the Carters’ Treasury-approved “educational exchange…
He’d entered the ring with a respectable 16-1 record — seven of those wins by knockout. But despite a six-inch reach advantage against his opponent and the genetic predisposition of a former heavyweight champion, Marvis Frazier was likely the only person inside Glens Falls Civic Center on July 26, 1988,…
He’d entered the ring with a respectable 16-1 record, seven of which were by knockout. But despite a six-inch reach advantage against his opponent and the genetic predisposition of a former heavyweight champion, Marvis Frazier was likely the only person inside Glens Falls Civic Center on July 26, 1988, who…
There are few things manlier — and in a woman’s case, womanlier — than stepping out of “the closet” and letting the world know you’re gay. And you’d be an asshole not to respect someone with that kind of courage. But you’d be an even bigger culo to issue a…
Day Music Died and Philanthrofest at Miami Dade College April 6
How weird was it to wake up this past weekend and not immediately jump on the Metrorail bound for Ultra Music Festival? After two consecutive weeks of fist-pumping, (almost) naked raver bros, nipple pasties, and Molly, the earliest stages of rave withdrawal were starting to creep into our central nervous…
Some 30 years after “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Internet is destroying the CD business, systematically bombing away at the brick-and-mortar retailers that still carry compact discs. By 2016, record sales will have dropped by over 75 percent, according the Wall Street Journal. “Times have changed,” admits Day Music…
It’s widely regarded as one of the most prestigious professional tennis tournaments outside the four Grand Slams — the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open — and an exemplary model for equal pay. As it has been since the tourney’s inception in 1985, the men and women competing…
If you’ve ever shared a home with someone, you know that the thought of him or her catching you masturbating can put a real damper on your self-love. But walking in on your roommate while you’re masturbating? That’s comedy gold. “The other day I walked in on my roommate while…
Bras, ugh. They’re so constrictive! It’s no surprise that women often unclasp around the house, opting to let their ladies breathe and bounce freely, just the way evolutionary science intended. But in public, breasts are typically confined to two cups, held up by a couple of straps and an elastic…
Ultra Music Festival is a zoo. From land sharks to killer whales, pink flamingos to African zebras, UMF 2013 is starting to feel a lot like a World Wildlife Foundation fundraiser, complete with endangered species and cuddly critters. Sure, they’re inflatable. But try explaining that to someone rolling face. After…
